"Maurice Lacroix’s Aikon collection was inspired by the company’s 1990s era Calypso timepieces that went out of production in the early 2000s.

Compared to the initial quartz powered Aikon models that began hitting the market in 2016, and which have been selling well for the Saignelégier-based manufacture, the all-new Aikon Automatic is much more refined.

And yes, it does look even more similar to the higher-end Royal Oak than the quartz versions, but before you write this off as a mere knockoff, which I bring up because I’ve already seen numerous discussions that overwhelming do so, I suggest you first consider all the details.

...All that said, at the end of the day, the Aikon is approximately 20 times less expensive. Not to mention, you can buy an Aikon Automatic timepiece for less than the price of a single manufacturer overhaul service of a mechanical Royal Oak."

Not a bad looking watch but a love ‘em and leave ‘em watch. I see this as one that would have a brief honeymoon period before being relegated to the watch box and becoming a watch that is worn every couple weeks for a day or two. I wish I learned that years ago.

foghorn wrote:Not a bad looking watch but a love ‘em and leave ‘em watch. I see this as one that would have a brief honeymoon period before being relegated to the watch box and becoming a watch that is worn every couple weeks for a day or two. I wish I learned that years ago.

That is standard watch idiot practice ). I have a couple in that category and I do like rediscovering them. Especially as they're worth fuck-all because they're not Rolix or Patteck.

This Aikon watch is too busy for me and the name is stupid. But I like ML's build quality for the money. DKSH, the owner, quietly pulled ML from the auction process last year, having disposed of Glycine to you-kno-who it decided to keep, and reinvest, in ML.